Within their stated range (27Hz on up), the TAD R1 MK2's are the most perfect speaker I've ever heard out of a very long list in my life at
much higher and some equal and lower price points. I can still remember the resolving power and clarity they delivered. I am heading to Munich a few days to pile on a few more / recent names on that list. They did not however deliver the last half octave or more down deep and I would have had to wrestle with adding subs and trying to integrate them with one of the fastest speakers I've ever heard which might very well have been a challenge though there are known solutions for that.
The greater issue as I've written elsewhere is the TAD R1's sheer size and weight and the room size they require; being 330 lbs each, they required movers to pack or unpack, move up and down stairs and were not easily movable at all in-room without someone to help to make more than the most minute adjustments. Also with the phase of life that is here, and the transitions that are in front of me, I needed a speaker / speaker system that addressed the full range penchant I have for music (was missing 16Hz above and below) of all types and needed a smaller set of speakers to fit into the next part of life's journey.
This Legacy setup on the other hand while not being lightweight overall, is modular, able to be dealt with by myself with some real but manageable effort, and allows me the ability to run the whole setup or use the top portions as monitor speakers should I ever need/want to do so.
Being a long-term / multi-model Legacy owner over a decade+ I can tell you that these and the latest VALOR/other speakers from Legacy and the new Wavelet updates are Bill's finest work to date and when I run this setup full range, I have never had so much pure fun listening to music. I've heard Whisper DSW and VALOR first hand and still cannot get over at all price points, how they compete with much more expensive and vaunted "audiophile" speakers...
You asked how they stack up against the lauded R1s;
- full range, deep impactful bass, into the floor boards and the gut when called for but super fast, articulate and accurate
- beautiful involving midrange and highs, I'm stunned at this twice over as this is digital amplification and I never thought (being a confirmed class A, A/B bigot) that I would ever utter those words...
- 3-dimensional imaging that's hard to describe how good it is....
- room correction from Wavelet clearly is helping overall with timing, accuracy, etc...
- musically extremely involving and impressive
- can play the system 8 - 18 hours a day constantly (and have) and never hear 1 bit of ear fatigue
Hope this helps...
much higher and some equal and lower price points. I can still remember the resolving power and clarity they delivered. I am heading to Munich a few days to pile on a few more / recent names on that list. They did not however deliver the last half octave or more down deep and I would have had to wrestle with adding subs and trying to integrate them with one of the fastest speakers I've ever heard which might very well have been a challenge though there are known solutions for that.
The greater issue as I've written elsewhere is the TAD R1's sheer size and weight and the room size they require; being 330 lbs each, they required movers to pack or unpack, move up and down stairs and were not easily movable at all in-room without someone to help to make more than the most minute adjustments. Also with the phase of life that is here, and the transitions that are in front of me, I needed a speaker / speaker system that addressed the full range penchant I have for music (was missing 16Hz above and below) of all types and needed a smaller set of speakers to fit into the next part of life's journey.
This Legacy setup on the other hand while not being lightweight overall, is modular, able to be dealt with by myself with some real but manageable effort, and allows me the ability to run the whole setup or use the top portions as monitor speakers should I ever need/want to do so.
Being a long-term / multi-model Legacy owner over a decade+ I can tell you that these and the latest VALOR/other speakers from Legacy and the new Wavelet updates are Bill's finest work to date and when I run this setup full range, I have never had so much pure fun listening to music. I've heard Whisper DSW and VALOR first hand and still cannot get over at all price points, how they compete with much more expensive and vaunted "audiophile" speakers...
You asked how they stack up against the lauded R1s;
- full range, deep impactful bass, into the floor boards and the gut when called for but super fast, articulate and accurate
- beautiful involving midrange and highs, I'm stunned at this twice over as this is digital amplification and I never thought (being a confirmed class A, A/B bigot) that I would ever utter those words...
- 3-dimensional imaging that's hard to describe how good it is....
- room correction from Wavelet clearly is helping overall with timing, accuracy, etc...
- musically extremely involving and impressive
- can play the system 8 - 18 hours a day constantly (and have) and never hear 1 bit of ear fatigue
Hope this helps...